Hi!
I've finally upgraded my Blue & White Mac G3 from 8.6 to OSX & it now has 4 X 256MB of RAM.
A friend of mine gave me a processor that he said he is certain is 450Mhz. However, it is registering as 350Mhz [which is what I had to begin with]. He was wondering if there is something I have to do with Jumpers in order to make it register [and function??] as 450Mhz . . . ???
He's more knowledgeable about PCs than MACs & so I wonder if someone can tell me if there is a scenario in which one would have to mess with jumpers in order for a faster processor to register and work as such.
The machine is running really well and all that - & I will eventually be getting a 1Ghz + processor but I'm curious.
While I'm here - the processor I am looking at getting is listed under 'Accelerators' on the online store that has been recommended to me here and from which I bought my memory & the OSX upgrade . . . http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/accelerators/ZIF-Upgrades/ . . .[PowerLogix PowerForce G3/1.1GHz (1100MHz) ZIF with 1024K L2 On-Chip Cache for the Power Mac G3 ].
What is an "accelerator"? Is it a processor - or is it something that is used in conjunction with an existing processor?
Thanks!
Robin
I've finally upgraded my Blue & White Mac G3 from 8.6 to OSX & it now has 4 X 256MB of RAM.
A friend of mine gave me a processor that he said he is certain is 450Mhz. However, it is registering as 350Mhz [which is what I had to begin with]. He was wondering if there is something I have to do with Jumpers in order to make it register [and function??] as 450Mhz . . . ???
He's more knowledgeable about PCs than MACs & so I wonder if someone can tell me if there is a scenario in which one would have to mess with jumpers in order for a faster processor to register and work as such.
The machine is running really well and all that - & I will eventually be getting a 1Ghz + processor but I'm curious.
While I'm here - the processor I am looking at getting is listed under 'Accelerators' on the online store that has been recommended to me here and from which I bought my memory & the OSX upgrade . . . http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/accelerators/ZIF-Upgrades/ . . .[PowerLogix PowerForce G3/1.1GHz (1100MHz) ZIF with 1024K L2 On-Chip Cache for the Power Mac G3 ].
What is an "accelerator"? Is it a processor - or is it something that is used in conjunction with an existing processor?
Thanks!
Robin